Recent content by yoyosma

Just an update- my Welsh Harlequin duck, Jo, with the breaking eggs- she did die, despite the calcium gluconate. The other ducks are fine; I didn't do light supplementation; they have now gone back to one egg per duck per day- pretty amazing productivity. They'll be 3 years old this August...

Thank you Amiga, for your help and for the additional details. I couldn't find Neo-Calglucon (looks like it's made by Sandoz, and is available over-the-counter according to my pharmacist- but I googled away in vain, trying to buy it!). I ordered pure calcium gluconate from an Amazon supplier...

Thanks for your suggestion- is it OK for all of the birds to have the additional calcium? It would be hard to just target the one bird that's having trouble.

Now the eggs have become soft-shelled; this hasn't happened much at all before ( a few when they were first starting to lay) and now it's consistent from at least one duck. I read about Quackers (I think the poster's name is PetDuck) peritonitis and am really hoping that we're not heading in...

Hi all- I have 4 WHs, two years old last August. From 6 months old 'til this late Summer/early Fall, they laid darn near an egg a day apiece; then they started molting and have really gone down in egg production. Now it's none to one a day- rarely, two a day. I feel like they've earned a rest...

This thread caught my attention! On our quarter-acre (although rural) lot, the only place we could find for our enclosed chicken run- the one attached to their night coop- was right smack over the septic tank pump-out access. We only need to get it pumped every 3 years or so, and next time we...

Hi there- Wondering how it's going with your geese and bindweed? How about your ducks, do they eat it? We re-homed our geese but I sure would love it if our ducks and chickens would eat the bindweed- it's a pernicious thug of a weed, isn't it? I've read about raising weeder geese to eat specific...

We have a similar set-up to Walter's (although smaller) in that the 14 hens and 5 ducks roam around together amicably all day, but sleep in separate, secure coops. They have enough room and everyone gets along. The Pilgrim goose and White Chinese goose had to go, though, as they'd attack any...

We have a ton of raptors out here- we've seen 8 bald eagles at a time; also, eagles, red-tailed hawks, marsh hawks, and ospreys all sharing the same patch of sky over our house (and over our chickens and ducks!). I know some of those species are territorial, but it's a big marsh we look out at...

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Hi all, Free to good home... Sad to say, I'm starting to look for a more appropriate home for my White Chinese and Pilgrim geese. We live on a road with many walkers, joggers, bikers- and the girls are in a constant state of outrage all day! Their (and my) nerves would be happier without the...

Thanks everyone, she IS a girl and is now laying lovely sky blue eggs! :)

How exciting- & the pictures are great. Good luck to all! Anconas may be my next Poultry Adventure... if I can find any!

Mrs. Magoo, thank you very much for your reply. I am noticing that even in the afternoon, when the house shades their area, they often are out in the sun. So I'm less worried about them now, especially as I hear from you all who live where it's REALLY hot. They've had their shade cloth for about...